Neva Dinova, 'You May Already Be Dreaming' (Saddle Creek)

At least Bright Eyes always put in that extra 10 percent.

There's trying to sound like you're not trying and then there's actually not trying -- Omaha's countryish rockers Neva Dinova do a bit of both on their third album. At worst, chief songwriter Jake Bellows sounds utterly bored by his own compositions: Crazy Horse–style guitars save "Clouds" from total flatness, but the minimal "Tryptophan" admits defeat right in the title. A discernible vocal melody startles the John Prine–inspired "Love From Below" from the haze, and an increased tempo jump-starts "It's Hard to Love You," but it's an uphill battle after so many purposefully under-inspired moments.

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